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Old 05-02-2007, 11:26 PM
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Pain is also a self-preservation mechanism intended to alert us and warn us of impending danger (emotional or physical).
I wonder: what impending danger is warned by heartbreak?

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As far as ego goes, from a psychological point of view we need that too - a healthy, balanced one.
Elaborate.
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